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Trump Has Big Plans for 2025
As he contemplates a third straight run for the presidency, Donald Trump has a multimillion-dollar political machine and a network…
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The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Produced by ‘The Argument’ The sweeping rise of Christian nationalism on the right has taken extreme forms since the election…
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This Is How the U.S. Will Stand With Taiwan
Vladimir Putin’s brutal attack on his Ukrainian neighbors has sparked global outrage — and forged unprecedented unity — among the…
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American Democracy Is Not the Beacon It Once Was for Africa’s Elite
NAIROBI — A Kenyan friend of mine who graduated from Harvard Business School recently told me that the United States…
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The Violent Fantasies of Blake Masters
Blake Masters’s first campaign ad opens with a shot of the Sonoran Desert. A plaintive piano theme tinkles as Mr.…
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Are Participles a Thing of the Past?
I want to follow up on the topic of language evolution that I took up in my previous newsletter about…
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The Last Thing We Needed Was Pelosi Backing Down From a Bully
Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan carries undeniable risks. Beijing could respond by harassing U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the…
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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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Boy, 14, Found Fatally Shot in a Queens Driveway, Police Say
A 14-year-old boy was found fatally shot in a Queens driveway early Tuesday, and investigators were exploring whether the killing…
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The Al Qaeda That Ayman al-Zawahri Leaves Behind
When President Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last year, one of his main justifications was that…